News Release

SCRANTON, Pa. — Junior forward Dora Enright (Longmont, Colo.) led all players with 18 points and 17 rebounds as the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s basketball team halted a brief two-game losing streak with a 58-41 victory over Goucher College during the opening round of the Diversified Invitational at the University of Scranton on Friday evening. In the process, Enright recorded her 10th double-double in 11 games this season.

Leading by three points with just over 13 minutes remaining in the game, Stevens (9-2) used a 7-0 run in the span of 1:50 to take control of the game. Sophomore guard Dani Dudek (Rockaway, N.J.) scored on a lay-up and then drained a three-pointer to get the Ducks going. Junior guard Jean Matusiak (Queens, N.Y.) added a lay-up of her own to put Stevens ahead 41-31 with 11:18 left on the clock.

The Ducks closed out the contest by scoring 12 of the final 15 points over the final 5:25 to blow open an eight-point game. Enright scored six of the 12 points for Stevens during the run.

Dudek finished with 13 points and five steals. She shot 5-for-10 from the floor and was 3-for-5 from downtown. Freshman guard/forward Sarah Gehring (Spokane, Wash.) chipped in with 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists. She made three shots from long range in the game.

Goucher (2-8) was led by junior guard/forward Shadae Swan (Baltimore, Md.), who had 14 points in the loss. Freshman guard Amber Smith (Baltimore, Md.) collected a team-high 13 rebounds to go along with six points.

Stevens shot 32.8 percent (21-for-64) from the field. The Gophers made only 14 of 59 field-goal attempts (23.7 percent) in the game.

With the win, the Ducks advanced to Saturday’s championship game to face the winner of Friday’s other opening-round game between Rutgers University-Camden and Scranton. The title game is set for 3 p.m.